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Draft Report on European Baccalaureate 2021
All examinations subjects’ scripts were anonymized, with the exception of Art and Music. The
written part of these examinations also went on the official examination paper, which was
scanned. The rest of the parts, preparation and final art work was provided to the correctors
exceptionally online.

Criteria referenced
All examinations were accompanied by a marking scheme and grid, correction criteria and
guidelines and/or suggested answers. These were known to the correctors and served as a
benchmark to assess the examinations and award marks, through the forum in Viatique.

Multiple correction and marking: Internal / External

The on-line tools
allowed the same script
to be corrected by more
than one corrector. In
our system, every script
is corrected twice. A
third corrector can be
involved if there is a
mark disagreement of
over 2 points between
the two correctors.

The on-line platform
also made it possible to make sure that each corrected regularly added a final general
mandatory commentary as established in the regulations. To validate the correction of a single
script the corrector only needed to have entered the marks for every question and the final
commentary, otherwise the “Validate” button would not be active.

Random allocation of the scripts

On-line correction tool allowed distributing evenly scripts from different schools to different
correctors. Before, so as to simplify the logistics, it was normally one corrector who corrected
all the scripts from the same class/school.
Blind correction

On-line correction tools allowed scripts to have marking signs, symbols and comments without
them being accessible to the second corrector, so that the second correction remained
unbiased.

However, all these elements were accessible to the third corrector (in the cases of mark
disagreement over 2 marks), the inspectorate and European Baccalaureate Unit.

Correction fully from distance

The first correction was still carried out internally by the teacher of the candidate in the
European Schools and the Accredited Schools.

This year, due to COVID travel restrictions there were no correction centres opened for the
external correctors. Consequently, all the written corrections were done online through
Viatique from all correctors’ own places. During the correction period, all inspectors were
available on-line for assisting and guiding the correctors when necessary. The works of Art
were photographed and put at the disposal of the external examiners through the EB
Sharepoint.

Retrieving evidence and accessibility to corrected scripts

Corrected scripts were easily accessible since they are stored in a secured server accessible
anytime from anywhere. This also eliminates the difficulty of retrieving documents in case of
appeals and especially during periods where many members of the staff in the schools are on
holidays.
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